Techno-Orientalism Imagining Asia in Speculative Fiction, History, and Media |
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| Editor:
| Roh, David S.
Huang, Betsy
Niu, Greta A. |
| Contribution by:
| Roh, David S.
Huang, Betsy
Niu, Greta A.
Hough, Kenneth
Crum, Jason
Bascara, Victor
Liu, Warren
Chu, Seo-Young
Kosnik, Abigail De
Huh, Jinny
Choe, Steve
Kim, Se Young
Yeats, Dylan
Tran, Julie Ha
Allan, Kathryn
Bahng, Aimee
Ishii, Douglas S.
Prater, Tzarina T.
Fung, Catherine
Park, Charles |
| Series title: | Asian American Studies Today Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8135-7063-1 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2015 |
| Publisher: | Rutgers University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $45.95 |
Book Description:
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To judge from many speculative fiction films and books, the future will be full of cities that resemble Tokyo, Hong Kong, and Shanghai, and it will be populated mainly by cold, unfeeling citizens who act like robots.
Techno-Orientalism investigates the phenomenon of imagining Asia and Asians in hypo- or hyper-technological terms in literary, cinematic, and new media representations, while critically examining the stereotype of Asians as both technologically advanced...
More Description To judge from many speculative fiction films and books, the future will be full of cities that resemble Tokyo, Hong Kong, and Shanghai, and it will be populated mainly by cold, unfeeling citizens who act like robots. Techno-Orientalism investigates the phenomenon of imagining Asia and Asians in hypo- or hyper-technological terms in literary, cinematic, and new media representations, while critically examining the stereotype of Asians as both technologically advanced and intellectually primitive, in dire need of Western consciousness-raising.